Mueller wants to talk to Priebus, other Trump administration officials

Ira Mccoy |Sunday, August 13, 2017

Mueller wants to talk to Priebus, other Trump administration officials

Sources told ABC News that the search warrant, issued by the FBI, stems from the ongoing investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.

Mr. Comey said in his testimony to Congress that on February 14, Mr. Trump had Mr. Priebus, the attorney general, the vice president and other senior administration officials removed from the Oval Office after a counterterrorism briefing.

Flynn was asked to resign February 13 - one day before Comey said his discussion with Trump about Flynn occurred - after it became public that Flynn had misled Vice President Mike Pence about whether he had discussed US sanctions during pre-inauguration phone calls with the then-Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak.

Trump said August 10 that there was no bad blood between him and his attorney general, saying of his relationship with Sessions, "is what it is". I mean, I want them to get on with the task. "But I also want the Senate and the House to come out with their findings".

USA imposes sanctions on officials in Venezuela
The statement added that since the start of his administration, Trump had asked that Maduro respect Venezuela's constitution. While Trump raised the specter of military intervention, his top national security aides have downplayed that possibility.

"He appreciates what Bob Mueller is doing", said Dowd.

Firing Mueller had "never been on the table", Dowd added.

According to the Times, Mueller is interested in whether Priebus and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort met on the same day that Manafort - along with Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., and son-in-law Jared Kushner - attended a meeting at Trump Tower with Russians who claimed to have harmful information about Hillary Clinton.

Politico reported August 10 that Manafort has hired a new legal firm which specializes in complicated financial criminal proceedings to represent him. The probe could give Mueller leverage on Manafort and make him a more cooperative witness in the overall investigation into the Trump campaign.

Investigating Manafort's money might just be small potatoes for Mueller. He has also frequently said he hoped the investigation would be completed quickly.

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